Allogenic blood transfusion does not predispose to infection after cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1542-1546

  Ali, Ziad A ^a   Lim, Eric ^a   Motalleb Zadeh, Reza ^a   Ali, Ayyaz A ^a   Callaghan, Chris J ^a   Gerrard, Caroline ^a   Vuylsteke, Alain ^a   Foweraker, Juliet ^a   Tsui, Steven ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FLOXACILLIN; HUMANS; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 19644365446     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.05.020     Document Type: Article

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